Connect Media Presents the Winners of our 2020 Next Generation Awards
We chose young leaders who are likely to be influential in the commercial real estate industry for a long time — because of their talent, drive and fresh ideas. We picked these winners from nearly 500 nominations sent in by our readers from all parts of the country and from all sectors of the CRE industry — ranging from brokerage to development to real estate law and finance.
We chose 10 National winners, as well as leaders from each of the 10 areas covered by our regional newsletters: California, Texas, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Florida, Seattle, Phoenix and Washington, DC.
Congratulations to our 2020 winners!
AWARD WINNERS / National
Ryan Sitov
JLL
John Kelley III
Newmark Knight Frank
Robert Johnston
Marcus & Millichap
Safi Aziz
MetaProp
Jason Morgan
Morgan Properties
John Stepien
Freddie Mac Multifamily
Marc Soto
Capital One
Matt Nunn
Trammell Crow Company
Mike Zei
TenantBase
Jason Krug
Berkadia
AWARD WINNERS / California
California
Mike DeGiorgio
CREXi
Garrett Lee
Jamison Properties
Jaclyn Ward
JLL
Tracey Zhou
CBRE Global Investors
Vincent Punzi
Berkadia
Zach Sokoloff
Hackman Capital
Bryte Bellotti
Newmark Knight Frank
Chandler A. Larsen
Avison Young
Gabe Hungerford
Trammell Crow Company
Annie Littler
RiverRock Real Estate Group
AWARD WINNERS / Texas
Austin Reilly
Land Advisors Organization
Hannah Howard
Meridian Capital
Jackie Marshall
CBRE
James Marino
Chicago Title, NCS
Jordan Wade
Transwestern
Sam McKelvey
Aligned
Steven Duong
AECOM
Katy Jane Jenevein
Cushman & Wakefield
Taylor Hill
Berkadia
Tony Ferrell
Bascom Group
AWARD WINNERS / New York
Sara Agudelo
Montroy DeMarco Architecture
Cassie Vitelli
VTS
David Lawrence
Avison Young
Eric Rosenstock
Greystone
Greg Goldberg
Meridian Retail Leasing
Jonathan Jaeger
LWH Advisors
Peter Cha
Convene
Will Hutton
Nightingale Properties
Johnny Din
Cycamore Capital
Matthew Tarpley
Hammond Hanlon Corp.
AWARD WINNERS / Chicago & Midwest
Ashley Harrison
MB Real Estate Services
Joshua Davidson
RL Edward Partners
Kelsey O'Connor
BMO Harris Bank
Matt Cowie
Cushman & Wakefield
Noah Birk
Kiser Group
Meghan Kean
Inland Group
Olga Olejniczak
The Opus Group
Patrick Brady
Savills
Kelsey Perrin
Heitman
Brett Hayes
Partner Engineering and Science, Inc.
AWARD WINNERS / Atlanta & Southeast
Henry Kushner
Newmark Knight Frank
Stuart Carrington
Transwestern
Chris Godfrey
Avison Young
Clifford Blanquicet, Jr.
Blanq Real Estate
Kathryn Barker
Childress Klein
Kayla Churchill
McMillan PLLC
Tiffany Johnson
CBRE
Hunter Stewart
Lee & Associates Raleigh-Durham
Johnny Blue Craig
Matthews Real Estate Investment Services
Whitney Ward
Intuitive Management Partners
AWARD WINNERS / Boston & New England
Alex Quinn
CBRE
Ben Pleat
Cobu
Colleen O'Connor
BioMed Realty
Dan Balbo
EBI Consulting
Jessica Anthony
Callahan Construction Managers
Lauren Vecchione
Colliers
Mike Moran
Black Creek Group
Matt Olson
Berkadia
Connor Barnes
Cushman & Wakefield
Kyle Danielson
Horvath & Tremblay
AWARD WINNERS / Florida & Gulf Coast
Robyn Hurrell
Colliers
Ben Mandell
Tricera Capital
Scott Wadler
Berkadia
Jaime Sturgis
Native Realty
Jonathan Rosen
JLL
Carlos Gaviria
Transwestern
Catalina Restrepo
LV Lending
Alex Zapata
Franklin St.
David Perez
Cushman & Wakefield
Terence Haynes
Partner Engineering & Science Inc.
AWARD WINNERS / Seattle & Northwest
Kristyn Krueger
Kidder Mathews
Jennifer Shuch
HFO Real Estate
Holly Golden
Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S.
Mackinley Robinson
Berkadia
Robert Meunier
Lee & Associates
AWARD WINNERS / Phoenix & Southwest
Chris Rogers
Daum Commercial
Deana Marcello
Logic CRE (Vegas)
Bobby Wuertz
Land Advisors Organization
Erin McClure
Newmark Knight Frank
Jorgi Paul
Cushman & Wakefield
Joshua Simon
SimonCRE
Mitchell Drake
ABI Multifamily
Drew Sampson
Avison Young
Michael Strittmatter
CBRE
Christina Adamson
Black Creek Group